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To: Alighieri who wrote (149248)	8/8/2002 12:43:57 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576991

I second Tejek's points...it is clear that there is overwhelming non support for this adventure outside the US. For the Saudis specifically...the administration has been saying that they could not openly support but had privately given approval of an invasion. 1) Whether there is "support" outside the United States is immaterial. WE are the entity most immediately threatened by Saddam, so it is our decision and ours alone whether to defend ourselves or just sit idly by until it is too late. 2) Assuming, for the sake of argument, that you believe that support outside the US IS required, then it is not likely to be a problem. The Administration has not begun to try and sell the program to Europe & others yet. They'll be there when we need for them to be, as they should be and as they have been in the past. They recognize the threat to themselves as well. 3) I personally believe that we may be simply negotiating with Iraq, in an effort to reinstall serious weapons inspectors. Because the United States was weak when the inspectors were forced out, we are today faced with the potential for a military crisis. Hopefully, future leaders will learn from this experience that the United States should NEVER allow itself to be under the control of a third-rate dictator like Saddam Hussein. If the nation is weak, as we were during the 90s, there will be a subsequent price that must be paid. That is what we're seeing today. If this war happens, it will have been necessitated by our weakness throughout the 90s. We had the guy under control, but when he asserted himself we backed down. Now, we may actually have to go to war and risk the lives of our men because of it. This, after we soundly defeated the regime and handed over a controlled situation to a new administration in '92.